The transfer of development rights system herein established is designed, among other purposes, to:
(1) Secure a fair balance between the public interest through such things as the most economic and efficient possible use of county services, and available utilities and the interests of individual landowners;
(2) Secure economically, socially, and environmentally sound balance between developed and open land;
(3) Preserve the natural and scenic qualities of open land;
(4) Provide for creative and staged development of land and an orderly transition of land from vacant to occupied uses; and
(5) To foster development in areas best suited to specific uses while providing economical return to owners of property restricted from further development.
(1976 Code, § 17-31) (Ord. 1064, § 1, passed 12-21-1983)